Curtain-fixture.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

W. S. MILLER.

CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FIQLED 1230.5. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

. usual curtain guideways or grooves UNITED STATES Patented August 16,1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

WALTER S. MILLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO CURTAIN NOIS, CORPORATION OF SUPPLY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,ILLI- NEIV JERSEY.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.767,909, dated August 16, 1904,

Application filed December 5,1903. Serial No. 183,991.

To all whom, it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a curtain-fixture especially adapted for thecurtains of streetcar windows; and it consists, briefly stated, in apair of shoes or blocks that operate in guideways formed in thewindow-posts and means for engaging said shoes or blocks to I retain thecurtain at any desired elevation.

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is an elevation, partly in section, of a curtain provided withmy improved fixture applied to a window. Fig. II is a vertical sectiontaken approximately on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a horizontalsection taken on line III III, Fig. I.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 1 indicate thewindow-posts, in the innerfaces of which are formed the 2. Arranged inthese guideways or grooves 2 is a pair of guide or retaining cords 3,each pair being fixed attheir ends by means of screws 4 or in anysuitable manner.

5 indicates the curtain positioned in the usual manner in thewindow-opening between the posts and provided adjacent its lower edgewith a longitudinally-extending tubular rod 6, the ends of whichterminate at the edges of the curtain. Rigidly seated in each end ofthis tubular rod 6 is the shank 7 of a rectangular plate 8, that extendsslightly into each guideway or groove 2, and extending outwardly fromthe outer face of these plates 8 and near each end thereof are the pins9, that carry a rectangular shoe or bearing-plate 10, that bearsdirectly against the inner face of the guideway or groove 2. The guideor retaining cords 3 in each groove 2 pass between (N0 model.)

l the plate 8 and the shoe or plate 10 in said groove, and said cordscross or pass one another between the pins 9. (See Fig. II.) The cords3, being drawn taut when put in position, engage with more or lessfriction against the pins 9 and against the plates 8 and 10, and thisfrictional engagement is sufficient to retain the curtain at any desiredelevation, it being only necessary to manually engage the lower edge ofthe curtain and move it upwardly or downwardly, as desired. The cords 3,in addition to engaging the fixture to hold it at any desired elevation,prevents the ends of the fixture from becoming disengaged from thecurtain guideways or grooves 2.

A curtain-fixture of my improved construction is very simple,inexpensive, has a minimum number of parts, can be easily repaired, andwill readily withstand the rough usage and jerking to which curtains areoften subjected and will not readily become broken or get out of repair.

I claim 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with thewindow-posts having curtain-grooves therein, of a curtain, a tubular rodcarried thereby, shoes carried by the ends of said tubular rod; a pairof pins projecting from each shoe, which shoes operate in thecurtain-grooves of the window-posts, and a pair of cords arranged ineach groove and engaging'said pins.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with thewindow-posts having curtain-grooves therein, of a curtain, a pair ofshoes carried by the sides of said curtain; a pair of pins projectingfrom each shoe which shoes operate in the curtain-grooves in theWindow-posts, and retaining-cords positioned in said grooves andengaging said shoes, substantially as specified.

8. In a curtain-fixture, the combination with the windowposts havingcurtaingrooves therein, of a lower edge thereof, plates secured to theends of said rod, a pair of pins projecting from each plate, abearing-plate fixed to each pair l of pins; which bearingplates enterthe curtaingrooves of the window-posts, and a pair of l cords arrangedin each window-groove and passing between the plates and between thepins connecting said plates, substantially as specified.

4:. In a curtain-fixture, the combination with the window-posts, of acurtain, a rod carried-by the lower edge thereof, shoes carried by theends thereof, a pair of pins projecting from each shoe and pairs ofcords fixed to the window-posts at the edges of the curtain; which cordsengage the pins, substantially as specified.

5. In a curtain-fixture, the combination with the windowposts havingcurtain-grooves therein, of a curtain, a rod carried by the lower edgethereof, plates secured to the ends of said rod, a pair of pinsprojecting fronr W. S. MILLER.

In presence of NICHOLAS Ln GRAND, M. H. MURPHY.

